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Monetizing Agentic AI

Chapter 5 · A New Overlap Between Engineering and CFO
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The Model and Harness Determine the Margin

So we end where we began, with a small choice that turns out to be a large one. For any company building agentic AI products, the choice of model is not just a technical detail. It is the first number we pressure-test at Monetizely. More than any other single decision, it sets what the product costs to run. At real scale, the gap between the most and least expensive options is measured in millions of dollars a year. And the rise of open models that perform well at a tenth or even a fortieth of the price is not a minor footnote. It is a real change in how the economics work.

The most effective teams treat this as an ongoing decision. They share it across engineering and finance, measure it, and keep adjusting it as the product grows. Handled this way, model choice and harness engineering becomes a steady source of healthy margins and a normal part of building the product.

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